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                        Airfix 1:72 Aichi D3A1 Model 99 Type 11

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                        cupofwondering
                        • Member since
                          July 2012
                        Posted by cupofwondering on Monday, March 31, 2014 3:54 PM

                        thank you, guys.

                        The Dutch Fokker G-1 Reaper, heavy fighter. If we only would have had more of them back in May 1940....

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                        Gamera
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                          November 2009
                        • From: SW Virginia
                        Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 2:00 PM

                        Really nice work- I wish I had the hand eye coordination to work in 1/72nd.

                        "I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

                         

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                        rocker286
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                          June 2010
                        • From: Rochester, New York USA
                        Posted by rocker286 on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:38 AM

                        Jan - excellent work! I really like the weathering job you did.

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                        roger_wilco
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                          December 2009
                        • From: West Chester,Ohio
                        Posted by roger_wilco on Monday, December 23, 2013 9:07 PM

                        Jan,

                        That's an awesome build...looks great!I remember that being one of the very first Airfix kits my brothers and I had back in 1967.Their Val kit is one I'd like to see retooled into a new kit.

                        Douglas

                        "Build what YOU want, the way YOU want, and above all have fun!" - RIP Modeler Al. 

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                        cupofwondering
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                          July 2012
                        Airfix 1:72 Aichi D3A1 Model 99 Type 11
                        Posted by cupofwondering on Monday, December 23, 2013 2:14 PM


                        Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Model 11 (“Val”), divebomber
                        Imperial Japanese Navy, Koku Sentai 1 (Carrier Division 1), carrier Kaga, December 1941–March 1942
                        In operation: Pearl Harbour attack and the battle for the Dutch East Indies
                        Crew: F1c Shinsaku Yamakawa (pilot) and F1c Katuzo Nakata(radioman/gunner).
                        Airfix A02040, 1:72

                        Adjustments & additions:
                        Interior cockpits (scratch)
                        Canopies
                        Dorsal machine gun (scratch)
                        Two extra 60 kgs bombs (Sparebox)
                        Aerial
                        Pitot tube
                        Wingtips in upward position

                        References:
                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichi_D3A
                        http://www.scribd.com/doc/156466585/Osamu-Tagaya-Jim-Laurier-Aichi-99-Kanbaku-Val
                        R. Francilion, Imperial Japanese Navy  Bombers of World War Two, Windsor, UK, 1969

                        Cheers & a Merry Chrismas,

                        Jan




















                        The Dutch Fokker G-1 Reaper, heavy fighter. If we only would have had more of them back in May 1940....

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